Herbalife Success Stories

Hi I started Herbalife last week and I've lost 5lbs so far with minimal exercise. I like the shakes a lot. I have them for breakfast and dinner and I add strawberry, half banana and light almond milk. I feel full all day and I really like it. I'm so happy with the what I've lost so far. I'm thinking its water weight but hopefully I can lose more weight.

Or, you could, you know.... amaze everyone at the office by losing weight for free and just you know, count calories

To each there own. This could fit their lifestyle better or be more enjoyable. If it works for them then that's awesome.

Heard nothing good about it. Fake ****!

I could not recommended Herba Life. I know about 3 people who have tried it. All of them lost significant amounts of weight. Apparently the pills they feed you are crazy expensive...so most people can not keep up on the pills for the rest of their life.

All 3 people are now bigger then what they were before starting Herba Life.

ETA - SORRY! Just realized you asked for tips/tricks. Tip and Trick: DONT DO IT. Eat Less, Move More!

Or, you could, you know.... amaze everyone at the office by losing weight for free and just you know, count calories

Completely agree. Save your money for groceries and a decent food scale. :happy:

You don't need any diet foods, diet products, diet shakes, or diet pills to lose weight. If they work, it's at a significant monetary cost plus it reinforces that you need them as a crutch to lose and maintain over the long run. This is exactly what the people selling these products depend on for long term profits. There's a high probability that most threads you read about HerbalLife or any other product were covertly started by someone who sells the product or has some financial gain associated with it.

Eat real food, get more active, stay hydrated, and get enough rest while keeping a calorie deficit and you'll get the results you want as quickly as you would with the help of whatever snake oil you fall for.

Hughes died after a 4-day drinking binge, apparently from an overdose of alcohol and the antidepressant drug doxepin.
His blood alcohol level was 0.21% (more than double the "drunk driving" level).
He was being treated by a psychiatrist for a drinking problem.
Hughes said many times that he had been inspired to start his company after his mother (Jo Ann Hartman) died from taking diet pills. However, Hartman's autopsy found that she died of an overdose of Darvon, a narcotic painkiller. At the time of her death she was 5-foot-6-inches tall but weighed only 105 pounds.


Here's my opinion of herbalife. The founder Huges and his mother were drug addicted,lying, scamming losers.

Reassess why you want to do this. Is it just to lose weight? Because if it's not going to be something you COMMIT to do the rest of your life, then chances are weight regain will happen. And that's what most diet programs want...................a little success, then come back again when you need them.
It's also costly. Better to divert that money into eating better now (since that's what every MLM or diet program will tell you to do anyway) and get a head start without spending money on overpriced supplemental products.

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Yes my niece has lost a stone in a month and sister in law 6 lbs in 2 weeks. So I'm trying it. And be quiet people who have no time for vlcd's. They have their place in our obesogenic society. I did my uni dissertation on them. Healthy eating, eat less move more, is great but sometimes we need a very disciplined routine to ensure weight loss or to help people maintain. I lost 5 stone 25 years ago and 4 of those never came back but trying to keep down to my goal is hard. Mines drifted back from 9.9 to 10.9 and having tried healthy eating, going solo and with Slimming World, I'm not having success. Hence the Herbalife. So good luck to all of you trying it too.

I completely agree with those before me who have said about the cost, the gimmick, etc. You didn't get heavy overnight (sorry to be blunt, but sometimes the truth hurts). There is no miracle pill, shake, or potion that will make the weight fall off fast. We have all put ourselves in the positions to become heavy, its my responsibility to take my self out of that spot. I know that I can push the plate away and make healthier decisions.

*kitten* and the money I can save.

I have researched herbalife, advocare, and shakeology/beachbody extensively. Not because I ever considered doing any of them, but more because I loathe multi-level marketing schemes. I would consider those the "big three" of fitness MLM. None of their products contain anything that will in and of itself induce weight loss. They are all recommended to be run along with proper diet and exercise. The ultimate joke is that proper diet and exercise is ALL YOU NEED. It's all anyone needs. If you want a protein shake, go to a supplement website, spend a FRACTION of what MLM products cost, and get yourself some protein powder. MLM brands like to tout their shakes as more then just protein, but if you look at the label closely, it's vitamins and protein. Usually not even a great source of protein. So my fix for this would be to take a regular protein shake with a multivitamin. That is basically the same thing. You could even take it a step further and simply eat a diet rich in protein and micronutrients and then you don't need to take a shake or a pill.

All of the companies also sell fat burner type pills. The research showing their effectiveness is almost always bias or misinterpreted. If the company selling the product funded the research, you have to question the validity of the research. If you need supplementation in your diet, and many of us do, do the proper research and learn what you really need supplemented. Most people who have a well balanced diet need very little supplements. I personally take a fish oil pill because I eat very little fatty fish, I take a multivitamin (the cheap 1 a day kind) more as a just in case thing, and I take a vitamin D tablet. I use whey protein as well but that is much more like a food then a supplement. If you need it to hit your protein values, take it. If you hit your protein goals through other foods, no need to take it. My supplement budget per month is probably less then 10 dollars.